The Photograph

What does the poet mean by ‘smile through their hair’?

• (a) It means that a smile was painted on the hair of the photographed girls

• (b) It means that the photographed girls were wearing a mask

  
  

• (c) It means that the hair of the photographed girls was covering their face when they were smiling

• (d) It means that the hair of the girls in the photograph was smiling too

What has not changed over a period of time?

• (a) The photo

• (b) The cardboard

• (c) The girls

• (d) The sea

Find a word from the extract which means “lasting only for a short time”?

• (a) Still

• (b) Transient

• (c) Changed

• (d) Less

Who are Betty and Dolly?

• (a) They are poet’s cousins

• (b) They are poet’s friends

• (c) They are the poet’s mother’s friends

• (d) They are the poet’s mother’s cousins

…………. in the extract is the synonym of ‘photograph’.

• (a) Snapshot

• (b) Picture

• (c) Mine

• (d) Laboured

Why did ‘she’ laugh?

• (a) Because of the funny dresses that they were wearing at the sea holiday

• (b) Because one of them cracked a joke

• (c) Because of the funny dresses they were wearing at the party

• (d) Because of the funny man they saw at the sea holiday

What does the cardboard depict?

• (a) It depicts a scenery

• (b) It depicts the picture of a house

• (c) It depicts the picture of a school

• (d) It depicts the picture of three girls

Who wrote this poem?

• Shirley Pitman

• Shirley Toulson

• Shirley Edison

How old is the mother in the Photograph?

• 10

• 15

• 12

• 30

What is the theme of the poem?

• The transience of human life

• The technology and greatness of photography

• Relationships

• Friendship